estendeste

Estendeste is the second-person singular form of the pretérito perfeito simples (simple past) of the Portuguese verb estender. It translates to “you stretched” or “you extended” in English and is used to describe a completed action in the past carried out by the informal subject tú, common in European Portuguese and in some regional varieties of Brazilian Portuguese. In many parts of Brazil, the corresponding past-tense form for the informal you is often expressed with você, whose past tense is estendeu (third-person singular).

Etymology and usage

Estender comes from Latin extendere, meaning to spread, stretch, or widen. The pretérito perfeito simple in -este/-este form is typical for -er verbs in the tú form, with estendeste sharing the regular pattern of estender conjugations. The form is generally used when the subject is explicitly the informal you (tu), though in Brazilian Portuguese the pronoun tu is less common in most regions and the form estendeste may be rare outside dialectal contexts.

Examples

- Tu estendeste a mão para cumprimentar o visitante. (You extended your hand to greet the visitor.)

- Ontem estendeste o prazo de entrega. (Yesterday you extended the delivery deadline.)

Regional note

Because pronoun usage varies by dialect, many Portuguese speakers in Brazil use você estendeu instead of estendeste. In Portugal and several other Portuguese-speaking regions, estendeste remains a common form for informal second-person past tense.

See also

Estender, pretérito perfeito, Portuguese verbs, verb conjugation.